We’re back on track this week with some mockery of ice buckets, enhanced security section with copious tinfoil hattery, and enough news to choke a horse. Basically, we’re back in the saddle!
Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/72
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Show Notes
Ice Bucket Challenge
‘Severe’ drought covers nearly 99.8% of California, report says
California drought: 17 communities could run out of water within 60 to 120 days, state says
Slingshot (water vapor distillation system)
Why Facebook is for ice buckets, Twitter is for Ferguson
The Ice Bucket Challenge Has Raised More Than $13 Million — Meanwhile, Medical Research Has Been Cut By Billions
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Adam Carolla’s Settlement with the Podcasting Troll
Premier League warns about posting goal videos online
NFL Asks Musicians for Money to Play Super Bowl
The NFL has a REVENUE of over 9 billion per year.
Does Facebook think users are dumb? “Satire” tag added to Onion articles
And the Onion responds.
Should Twitter, Facebook and Google Executives be the Arbiters of What We See and Read?
People Keep Getting Into Strangers’ Cars Because They Think It’s An Uber
Snapchat Is Now The #3 Social App Among Millennials
Twitter now officially says your timeline is more than just tweets from people you follow
I Visited Pirate Bay’s Peter Sunde In Prison, Here’s What He Had To Say
Motorcyclist crashes, flips and sticks a perfect landing on a car’s roof
Last Call – The end of the printed newspaper. By Clay Shirky
Meet Product Hunt
Hospital network hacked, 4.5 million records stolen
Professor hacks University Health Conway in demonstration for class
What can Brown do to you?
Lorem Ipsum: Of Good & Evil, Google & China
Dressed For Excess
Technology Can Make Lawful Surveillance Both Open and Effective
Hacking Into Traffic Lights With a Plain Old Laptop Is Scary Simple
White House cybersecurity czar brags about his lack of technical expertise
Stealing encryption keys through the power of touchResearchers pilfer decryption keys through Ethernet and human touch side channel.
Honorable spies anonymously leak NSA/GHCQ-discovered flaws in Tor
Your Anonymous Posts to Secret Aren’t Anonymous After All
Normal
Which Apps Are Eating Your Battery? Normal Will Tell You.
The Walk
Originally featured on Episode 38 on December 15th, 2013
Wordfence
Source Code Pro
iStat Menus 5 is out
Aphex Twin Announces New Album SYRO Via the Deep Web
Truth And Iliza
Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History – #53 finally out!
Common Sense with Dan Carlin – Show 279 – If It Even Saves One
Geeks and Beats
Gluten Poorly Explained
The Secret History of the Hidden Track
You can watch an ‘unaltered’ version of Star Wars in HD today, if you bend the law
Bored Elon Musk
In order to preserve the state’s natural beauty, billboards are completely banned in the state of Vermont, and have been for over 45 years.
‘MythBusters’ drops hosts Kari Byron, Grant Imahara, Tory Belleci
Resistance Pro Wrestling